Fence-post.



` PATBNLLBD JAN. 28,1903;

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FENCE POST.

APPLwATwN FILED JUNE zo, 1907.

WITNEssEs.- f A CHARLES S. DOUGHERTY` 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

Application filed June 20. 1907. Serial No. 379.861.

To dll whom it may concern: Be 'it known that I, CHARLES S. DOUGH- ERTr,.citizen ofthe United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, andState of 1v/Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts, lof which the following i's a specification. y

My invention relates to improvements in cement osts.

The o ject of my invention is to provide a form of cement post which can be made at a diameter than the width of the slot.

minimum cost with maximum stren th, and.

in which a wholly embedded metalic reinvforcin member is made to not'only serve as such, ut to form an interior channel communicating with a longitudinal slot in one Wall of the post in such a manner as to permit the Wires to be secured to the posts by ordinary bolts or bolts and clamping members, suc as washers, either plane surfaced or grooved, and which can be removed and replaced at pleasure. v 1 V In the following' descri tion reference is had to the accompanying rawings in which, Figure 1 is a face view of a post embodying my invention, artially broken away at the upper end to s ow the reinforcing member, an channel. Fig. 2 is a sectional view drawn on line 'rcof Fig. 1.- Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view drawn to a plane cutting the bolt receivin slot and channel. Fig. 4 is a detail view s lowing a modified form of bolt head. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a'modified form of washer or clamping member in its relation tonthe bolt nut and wire.

Like parts are identified b the same reference characters throu hout t e several views. The post illustrate is substantially square in' cross section but the exterior contouris The body A of the post is formed of cement or concrete not essential to this invention.

and is rovided with a slot B in one side which exten s inwardly to a channel C of greater Atits upper end the channel C and slot B terminate in an a erture D adapted to permit the insertion ofllnolt heads to the channel C. Bolts E having heads F inthe channel C extend o'utwardly through the slot B and are provided with Washers 'G which are adapted to. be clamped u on the wire-.bymeans of an exterior nut The boltsmay be moved vertically in the slot B andthe wire secured between the washers by tightening the nut I at the desired oint. v

The meta lic reinforcing member J is pref- 'Both the slot and the channel notonly serves as a core or molding the .post

erably employed and when used forms a lining for the channel C. This reinforcing member may consist of split tubing disposed at or about the longitudinal center ofthe post with the split 'or o ening in'the tubing registering with the slot Where such tubing is used, the channel C will of course be cylindrical in cross section, although this form is not essential, since any channel of greater diameter than the width of the slot B will serve the purpose. Inrcasting the post, the reinforcing member J is inserted and used as a core piece, a removable core piece being employed and extending in the member J and out fwardly to the adjacent wall .of the post.

This core slot B. 1

If desired, the opening D -may be omitted and a bolt E having a rectangular head L may be used, (see Fig. 4), the head being adapted in v'one position of adjustment to pass through the slot B and then turned to extend across the'slot Within the channelC.

piece when removed forms` the In Fig. 5, I have illustrated' a form ofclamping member M which may be employed in connection with either of thebolts E or E and 'which is provided with outwardly extending projections' N adapted to receive the -wire between onev of them and the bolt E, the, nut being turned up against the wire when it extends in proximity to the projections N, whereby the wire will not be released even though it should become loose. Various other styles of clamping members may be employed, the specific form of member being immaterial to my invention. The nut itself may serve as a clampin member to bind the wire aoainst the face o the post, and. the additional clamping members lllus- .trated may in such case be dispensed with, especially .if the face of the post be transversely grooved as illustrated at O, in Fig.v 1.

The reinforcing member preferabl tends to the lower end of the post while'the slot B .terminates at or near the ground line. referably terminate below the upper end ofJ the post, leavin the up er end solid as shown.

Wit the a )ove described construction the reinforcing lmember ma be of thin material such as sheet iron ent into, the form ofa splittube having sufficient strength reserve the shape of the channel or but'the adhesion, of'the Concrete thereto is such that each materially strengthens the other, the concrete reventing ythe metal from bending and t e metal preventing transverse fractures in the concrete, either under the stress of the bolt heads or under lateral kstrains on the post itself. The concrete body Wholly incloses the metallic lining so that no metal'parts are exposed at the ex terior surface of the post except the bolt ends and the clamping devices.

Having thus described my invention what. I claim as new and desire lto secure Lettersv Patent is,.

1. A provide with an interiorI longitudinally extending channel and having a slot leading "outwardly from said channel through one wall of the post, with the channel extending laterally in the body of the post on both sides of the slot, a slotted metallic lining for said channel, wholly inclosed by the concrete body, bolts provided with heads engaged in said channel, said bolts extending outwardly therefrom through the slot, and a Wire `clamping device at the outer ends of ost comprising a concrete body said bolts, said slot and channel beine' adapt ed to receiveordinary bolts and bolt' heads respectively. A

y2. A post comprising a concrete body provided with an interior longitudinally extending channel and having aslot leading outwardly from said channel through one Wall of the post and intermediate of the ends of the post, said channel being of reater diameter. than said slot and said post aving an aperture of substantially the same diameter as the channel leading therefrom through the concrete Wall of the post, a slotted metallic lining for said channel, wholly inclosed by the concrete. body bolts, extending through said slot with heads engaging in said channel, and/Wire clamping devices on the outer ends of said bolts.

In testimonywhereoi' l. aHix my 'signature in the presence. of two witnesses.

GHARLES S. DOUGHERTY.

Witnesses N. J. Hyman', LEvEREr-f' C. WHEELER. 

